Episode 61: Daniel Cruz Chan and The Legerdemain Betrayers

In this episode, we chat with Daniel Cruz Chan and talk about his new game The Legerdemain Betrayers, as well as his other game God-king. 

Episode 61:Daniel Cruz Chan and The Legerdemain Betrayers

Episode 60: Guilty! and Rules Lawyering

In this episode, we talk about Vicenzi Giacomo's game Guilty!, and the subject of rules lawyering in RPGs.

Episode 60: Guilty! and Rules Lawyering

Rules Lawyering @ (24:20)

Episode 59: Steve Mathers

In this episode, we interview Steve Mathers, creator of Ingenero. We also set a new Mom's Basement standard for disjointed rambling.

Episode 59: Steve Mathers

Episode 58: Kyle Simons & Kickstarter

In this episode, we interview Kyle Simons about Magicians and how to run a successful kickstarter.

(Kyle's own kickstarter for Magicians is ongoing, and you should totally back it.)

Episode 58: Kyle Simons & Kickstarter

Episode 57: Motivation, Bro

Uploading pics here is a pain. It's supposed to rotated to it's side. Looks like a person screaming if you do that. Darn Blogspot

In this recording, we address Will's month long hiatus and how to motivate yourself into getting work done. Work like, say, a new rpg.

Also, Steve Mather's epic Ingenero is finally finished and on sale!


Episode 57: Motivation

Episode 56: Anarktica & We'll Send It to Them

In this episode, we discuss our playtest of Epistolary Richard's polar steampunk adventure game Anarktica: Fate of Heroes and then give Alex a half hour to pitch his new Indiegogo project We'll Send It To Them.

Episode 56: Anarktica & We'll Send It to Them

Episode 55: Basically ... The Dungeon and Pitching Your Game

In this recording, we discussed Misery Tourism's game for September: The Dungeon.

At the 38 minute mark, we then answer listener mail on how to pitch an RPG to both buyers and your friends.

Episode 55: The Dungeon and Pitching Your Game

Episode 54: The Trouble with Rose & Audience Mechanics

In this episode, we talk about Todd Zircher's The Trouble with Rose, and then we try (and fail) to fill the last half hour with a discussion of audience mechanics in RPGs.

Episode 54: The Trouble with Rose & Audience Mechanics

Episode 53: Apocalypse Galactica and Hacks

In this installment of Mom's Basement, we take a gander at Sean Nitter's revision of Apocalypse World called Apocalypse Galatica. Then we discuss Hacks and their effect on the community (mainly, Alex tells Hacks to go frack themselves).

Episode 53: Apocalypse Galactica and Hacks

Episode 52: Shark Boning

In this episode, we try to out bone the shark boners.

Sadly, no actual sharks were boned during the production of this podcast.

Episode 52: Shark Boning

Episode 51: Unwholesome Tenancy & Gaming Texts

In this episode, we talk about our playtest of Unwholesome Tenancy and share our opinions about what does (and does not) constitute a well written game.

Episode 51:  Unwholesome Tenancy & Gaming Texts

Episode 50: Episode 50

In this episode... it's EPISODE 50... AWW SHIT!

Episode 50: Episode 50

Episode 49: GLASS & Unsafe Play

In this episode, we discuss David Artman's Live Action Role-Playing system GLASS and talk about our experiences with unsafe role-playing.

Episode 49: GLASS & Unsafe Play

Episode 48: Games Workshop Returns

In this episode, we talk about the games we're working on and the problems that are keeping us from completing them. Then we solve those problems. Mostly.

Episode 48: Games Workshop Returns

Episode 47: A Very Special Mom's Basement

In this episode, we discuss the problems with using identity politics, cultural appropriation, morality, and equality in game design debates.

Episode 47: A Very Special Mom's Basement

Episode 46: Shadow-Hack & Initiative

In this episode, we talk about our playtest of Zack Wilkus' Shadow-Hack and lament the difficulties of creating a good initiative system.

Episode 46: Shadow-Hack & Initiative

Edit:
Here's a link to the forum mentioned in the podcast: http://www.miserytourism.com/forum

Episode 45: Magicians & Edutainment

In this episode, we discuss our playtest of Kyle Simons' Magicians and debate the merits of educational games.

Episode 45:  Magicians & Edutainment

Episode 44: Topic Wank 2: Wank Harder

In this week's episode, we do another edition of Topic Wank!

Episode 44: Topic Wank 2: Wank Harder

Mom's Basement: Vintage

At the request of Mr. Swingle, we've been reviewing our early episodes with the intent of putting the not-totally-fucked ones back online.

Here are the first two to return:

Episode 4: Topic Wank

Episode 7: Game Chef 2010

More episodes to come, or maybe not.

Episode 43: Back to the Forge

In this week's episode, we talk about the closing of The Forge, and the future of the indie game design community.

Episode 43: Back to the Forge

Episode 42: WJ MacGuffin on Zombies

In this week's episode, we interview WJ MacGuffin about his zombie game Outlive Outdead and have a discussion about zombie media in general.

Episode 42: WJ MacGuffin on Zombies

Episode 41: The Other White Wil(l)

In this week's episode we interview Wilhem from Nordnordost about his podcast and have a discussion about RPG culture.

Episode 41: The Other White Wil(l)

Episode 40: Roo Sack's Randomness

 
In this week's episode we interview Roy from Roo Sack Gamers for like 5 minutes and then talk about random bullshit!

Episode 40: Roo Sack's Randomness

Episode 39: God-king and Randomness

In this week's episode we talk about Daniel Chan's game God-king and randomness in RPGs.

Episode 39: God-king and Randomness in RPGs

Episode 38: Superhero Movies

In this week's episode we talk about superhero movies and general BS.

Episode 38: Superhero Movies

Episode 37: Game Chef 2012

In this week's episode we talk about Game Chef 2012.

Episode 37: Game Chef 2012

Episode 37: Game Chef 2012 (part 2)

Episode 36: Crystal Capers and Random Bullshit

In this week's episode we talk about our playtest of Alex's game, Crystal Capers, and random bullshit returns.

Episode 36: Crystal Capers and Random Bullshit

Episode 35: Misery Tourism

In this week's episode we talk about our site, www.miserytourism.com, and special guest star James Lipton interviews us about random shit.

Episode 35: Misery Tourism

Episode 34: Ingenero and Trolling

In this week's episode we talk about our playtest of Steve Mathers' game Ingenero, and trolling in RPGs.

Episode 34: Ingenero and Trolling

Episode 33: Oceans and Jargon

In this week's episode we talk about our playtest of Greg Christopher's Oceans, and the pros and cons of using jargon in RPG texts.

Episode 33: Oceans and Jargon

Episode 32: Imagination

In this episode we talk about imagination, and how it relates to the RPG hobby, plus a lot of random nerd stuff.

Episode 32: Imagination

Want to Join MBP?

So, Rudy and I have been trying to get the podcast restarted for awhile now. What we would really like to do is return to our old format of playtesting work-in-progress games and critiquing them on the podcast, followed by a bit of topical nonsense. We got a good pretty reception to this, both from designers and our handful of listeners.

Unfortunately, Mike has other business and hasn't been able to cast lately, and this doesn't seem to be likely to change in the near future. Our other on-again-off-again players either have equally erratic schedules or very little interest in trying out new indie games.

Taking all of this into consideration, we're considering shifting the podcast over to Skype (or Google+) and welcoming a long-distance podcaster. Is anyone interested?

You would have to be willing to take a few hours each week (or every other week) to playtest a game and then talk about it on podcast with us. You would also need a high tolerance for random bullshit. That's it. As our (three) listeners know, we don't set the bar very high.

If you're interested, you can leave a comment on this post or send an email to momsbasement [at] miserytourism.com.